JIA Jian-feng, CHENG Yong, ZHENG Meng-ying, et al. Biological characteristics of human colorectal cancer spheres cultured in serum-free medium. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 36(11):1339-1342(2011)
JIA Jian-feng, CHENG Yong, ZHENG Meng-ying, et al. Biological characteristics of human colorectal cancer spheres cultured in serum-free medium. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 36(11):1339-1342(2011)DOI:
Biological characteristics of human colorectal cancer spheres cultured in serum-free medium
Objective:To generate cancer spheres from five different colorectal cancer cell lines in serum-free medium(SFM)
stably subculture them in vitro
and study their biological characteristics of proliferation
differentiation and metastasis.Methods:Human colorectal cells SW480
SW620
LOVO
HT29 and HCT116 were cultured in SFM with supplemented cell growth factors;stable subculture was induced to differentiate in serum supplemented medium(SSM).The expression of CD133+ in HCT116 monolayer cells and spheres were investigated by flow cytometry.Cell metastasis assay
immunofluorescence and RT-PCR were applied to examine cell metastasis ability in vitro and the expression of mesenchymal markers N-cadherin and Vimentin of both HCT116 monolayer cells and spheres.Results:Cancer spheres could be generated from five colorectal cancer cell lines in SFM.These spheres were stably subcultured and induced to differentiate by serum supplemented medium
and these differentiated cells were in adherent growth and kept the same morphology with the parental cells.HCT116 spheres
compared with parental cells
had higher CD133+
N-cadherin and Vimentin expressions as well as metastasis ability.Conclusion:Colorectal cancer spheres can be generated in SFM culture
and these cancer spheres are rich in cancer stem-like cells.
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